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DimarzioForum.Com => The Pickup Place => Topic started by: Guitar74 on March 10, 2021, 12:21:58 PM
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I am looking for something for the middle position of my RG that has a little less magnetic pull as it grabs the strings when I dive the trem. Even when I lower it, the pickup just grabs the strings and you get a nice "bam" as a result. Any ideas?
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What middle pickup are you using?
I've always just lowered my middle pickup a whole lot but that's mostly because I rarely if ever use it and would have preferred a HH setup over a HSH setup on my RGs.
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Right now, it's the oem. I will lower it a little more. That being said, I do use it quite a bit for clean passages, usually in one of the notch positions along with either 'bucker.
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Try a seymour duncan alnico 2 pro (the singlecoil, not the hb). Tried a true velvet, ssl-5, fs1, and sds1 before settling on the a2 pro to pair with breed set. It's low output and warm.
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All the Area line except the VSolo and the VV Blues use A2, so string pull is low. Pick the one that gets you the heat you want. I like the '61 in an HSH setup.
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Thanks. I have a lot of options now. That's not a bad thing.
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Just curious which one you ended up with.
Cheers Stephan
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Dimarzio Cruiser Bridge in the middle position. Great stratty tones with less string pull, and it keeps up with humbuckers better than most traditional singles.
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I am looking for something for the middle position of my RG that has a little less magnetic pull as it grabs the strings when I dive the trem. Even when I lower it, the pickup just grabs the strings and you get a nice "bam" as a result. Any ideas?
Anything without Alnico 5 rod magnets. Alnico 5 rods have insane string pull, cause buzzy strings and intonation issues unless at least 1/4" from the string when held at the last fret. I quit using them years ago because of that, and was reminded why again recently when doing a setup on a guitar that had Alnico 5 rod magnets..........yikes. They do NOT play well with low action, and they MUST be far, far from the strings. Alnico 2 or 3 is actually louder in practical usage because you can get it much closer to the string without issue. Something like a Cruiser, which is a rail pickup designed to sound like a single, would also have low string pull.